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TRUsTEE's SALE
II or
REAL ESTATE.

The undersigned, Trustee, by virtue of the
power of sale contained in the deed of trust
from Peter Frownfelter and wife, dated on
the Both day of April, A. D., 1886, and re:
corded among the Land Records of Carroll
county, in Liber w. N. NJ, No, Ga, folio 279,
&C., will offer at Public Sale, on the premi-
ses, situate in Myers district, Carroll coun-
ty, near the county road leading from the
Littlestown turnpike road to the Stone road,
three miles from Littlestown and one and a.
half miles from Kingsdale, adjoining the lands
of Isaac Degroft, Joseph Cookson, formerly
Gershom Huff IS land), Ephraim Jones, Jacob
Hitabrand and others, on
Saturday, the 10Th day of april, A. d., 1887,
at one o'clock, p. M, all that farm there
situate, containing
SO ACRES AND 1 SQUARE PERCH OF
LAND, MORE OR LESS.
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MAGISTRATES OFFICE.

| take this method of informing my friends
and the public that have. opened an Office
for the transaction of the
in the Haines d Co. Building, next door to
the store nearly opposite the First National
Bank, and respectfully solicit patronage. l
shall also continue
THE BUSINESS OF FIRE INSURANCE
upon very liberal terms, being agent for the
Royal of Liverpool, North America of Phila-
delphia, and Etna of Hartford, Conn.
GEO w. MATTHEW'S, j. p,
mays If Westminster, Md.
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JOSEPH M. PARKE,

JOSEPH M. PARKE,
- ATTORNEY AT LAW AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
VIII practice in the various Courts of Carroll
county. BHrSpecial attention given to Or
phans' Court business. May be consulted.
for the present, at the Office of the Registero
Wills, or at his residence on Court Street,
Westminster, Nd. jan 8
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E,REE DELIVERY OF FLOUR,
FEED, &c.

Having lately purchased the Mill formerly
known as Moul's Mill, will deliver Flour and
Feed to customers in any part Of Westmin-
ster, free of charge. viii make a specially
of Crushed Corn for young chickens.
VIM. A. SHRIVER, Avondale, Nd.
Telephone connection. ap2H
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No-pARTNERsH1P NOTICE.

The undersigned have formed a co-partner-
ship for the practice of the Law, under the
firm name Of Reifsnider & Reifsnider. Spe-
cial attention given to the Settlement of
Estates and Collections. Office on Main St.,
adjoining the residence Of Chas. 7. Ref
snider. CHAS. T. -REIFSNIDER,
oc % j. MILTON REIFSNIDER.
ds3. 900 TO LOAN on LIST mortgage, in
II sums Of not less than $500. 81 900 to
loan on LIST mortgage. $500 to loan on 1st
mortgage. Money to loan at all times on
first class mortgage. No commissions charged
and easy terms given
L. L. BIIsLINGSLEA,
Attorney at Law, Office Main St. op. Court.
mar19:tf Westminster, Md.
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NHAs. E. FINK,

GHAS. E. FINK,
" ATTORNEY AT LAW,
(Recently of the Firm of Reifsnider 4 Fink,)
Will attend promptly to all legal business
entrusted to him. Office No. 100 E. Main
street, near Court street, opposite the Farm
ers and Mechanics National Bank, Westmin-
s.er, Nd. oct. %, 'S6:y
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ITO be found at the Postoffce Build
Il ing, Uniontown, Nd,
THE HANDSOMEST SUITS OF FURNI-
TURE IN THE COUNTY.

Who says so? Everybody. Have you as
fine as last season? Yes, much finer. Are
they as cheap? Yes, much more so. Per-
haps not made as we'll? Yes, better. Ihave
learned serious lessons by repairing trashy
factory goods, and improve the moments.
Did you see my $1s suit? Yes. What do
you th;nlt of;t2 1t i. tho finest 1 ever saw.
Yes; you use American glass? Not one.
What then? Full German. What can get
of you to- day toward housekeeping? Every
thing. / heard l could. Let us see; can
get-wait until get my list. Well, have you
2 bureaus, 2 bedsteads, sideboard, 2 tables,
wire mattress, washing machine (say, will
it wash clean? Every time. Harvest clothes ?
l will warrant it. looking glasseS-you
don't keep sewing machines, How do you
know | don't? Come here. Oh, my isn't
that pretty. Here is a chair; try it. Why, it
runs easily. l believe you have your foot on
the treadle. Foolishness; what makes you
say that? Why, it rams so easily. That is
the kind to buy. Well, will; what is the
name?
NEW HOME.
Why, that is very appropriate. Well, | am
glad Icame here. Who told you of my place
| saw your advertisement. Well, | have all |
advertise, do / not? Yes, and more too.
must be going. What did you say your name
was? o. M. HITESHEW,
jan29 3m Uniontown, Nd.
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FRANK K. HERR. SAMUEL. K. HERR.
u K. HERR g BRO,
Manufacturers OF
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Semi Centennial Celebration.
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MACHINERY REPAIR SHOP.
JOHN A. SHOWER,
SUCCESSOR TO
W. H. SHOWER & BRO, LIBERTY ST.,
WESTMINSTER, Nd,

Is prepared to Repair all kinds of Machin-
cry. Special Machinery made to order.
Casting and Repairs for Machinery built at
the old Union Works, and by E. Wagner,
can be furnished at short notice. Carpenters
and Builders in need of Wood Working Ma
chinery will do well to call and examine my
improved Mortising Machine and Circular
Saw before purchasing elsewhere. All work
will be guaranteed. aug 28:y
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PASSENGER TRAINS RUNNING EAST.
I1oii.r r,.-.,-,.,t 49,. Il :
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DY THE INSURANCE DEPART
Id MENT.
STATEMENT

STATEMENT
Showing the condition ofthe Farmers MI
tual Insurance Company of Dug Hill, Ca
roll county, December 31st, 1886.
ASSETS.
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is use in machinery, and that you under
stand its laws and can make it your ser
want"
Tom laughed
You have me there You mean that /
should give you credit for understanding
something that cannot"
The Philosopher looked him straight
and full with the eyes OF an honest man.
That is precisely what mean"
It's half-past twelve" said Tom, look
going to stay long in this house ?"
II think a month or two. Perhaps
more. There is talk of a great conference "
And will there he much hanky-
panky :"
perhaps great deal"
"Old Chick, before he took to drinking,
used to fill the place with spirits. They
were the very worst kind Of spirits you
evet saw. And they talked the very worst
kind OF drivel. They did upon my honour.
If you knew what a lot of humbugs and
impostors my uncle has been hHrbouring
and encouraging-if he found one out it
was only to welcome another-you would
not be surprised at my distrust."
Il am not in the least surprised. When
| meet with persons like Mr.. Emanuel
Chick am surprised at the strength of
the cause, since it survives even him"
That's all right then. Don't play
more than you can upon the women's
feelings. But II you really bring back my
cousin-poor old Percy-pll forgive yoa
everything. Apd-and"-Tom said this
very unwillingly-"you are not like the
ordinary run Of 'em your voice rings true;
and--well--loOk here, now, We'll be
friends, unless ! find you out. Mind
shall always be on the lookout for you"
| The Messenger laughed pleasantly.
81 tell you how | work bat you do not
believe me. 1t is through my Friends
beyond the seas. We shall be friends then
| a. Il live rs
hand. Now, since you will never find me
out we are friends for life"
Ten minutes later Tom laid himself be-
tween fine sheets in the room adjoining
his study. He was young man absolute
! ly without the least sense of the superna-
tural he never felt the air around him
grow still and his heart tremble with the
vague terrors which assail some men even
III places and at times when they least ex
pect to feel that phantoms of the outer
world are round them. He would have
slept in a charnel-house surrounded by
skulls and skeletons without tremor all
the associations possible of murder, cruel
ty, and guilt and remorse would have
failed to move him. Therefore, when
just as he was dropping off to sleep he
heard strange music over his head, seem
ingiy in the room, he was not terrified at
all, but only startled. He sprang out OF
bed swiftly, locked the door, and took out
the key. Then he struck light. There
was no one in the room and the music
ceased. He blew out the candle and got
into bed again. Then the music began
once more.
Its deuced clever" said Tom. For &
trick, it's as good as anything | ever saw
aud it seems a pretty kind of tune-sof
and melting-twlce as good as old Chick.
accordion. Well, if his Friends mean Il
be polite they haven't been long in max
ing up their minds. Very pretty indeed
it is. Very pretty. | take it kind OF them.
Then he fell asleep, and / have neve
heard how much longer the supernatural
music was continued.
| ITO he Continued
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(synoposis of Previous ChaptcrsJ

(Synoppsis of Previous Chaptcrs)
THE PROLOGUE -Hiphion Trinder, a tall
slim lad of highly strung nervous organiza
ton is in conversation with Bethiah Rugs
dael, girl with a calm capable face firm
mouth and clear grey eyes. The boy is
strongly impressed with the notion of be
coming famous in the world of letters, and
though dissuaded from his purpose by his
companion, he starts with high hopes for
New York, with his portmqnteau filled with
MSS. which he intends shall set the literary
world aflame with envy and admiration.
But he signally fails, and six months later
shabby and depressed he walks the streets
of New York with Il sad face and heavy
heart New York notabilties engaged in
their own occupations, all tending toward
the scrapng up of dollars, pass him by. At
last he overhears two men speaking. You
Ought to take pupil, Doctor says one.
"But where ami to find one?h says the
other 81 want youth, quick intelligence,
sympathy, highly nervous and sensitive
organization, poetic disposition, wide read
ing and good education and one who is per
fectly free from the trammels of relations,
society and ties of any kind Iiphion fol
lowed this man after he had parted from
his friend and was entering his house
"You want "A pupil, sir. Take me- The
gen .man looked at him curiously. "Come
in he said.
THE STORY. CHAPTERS l AND II.
The reader is introduced to the family of
Mr.. Cyrus Brudenel, a wealthy believer in
spiritualism. Lady Augusta is u devout
votary of the cult, but Miss Sibyl Brudenel
is the reverse of what she is intended for, n
Nestal Virgin, dedicated to the cause. A
pair of laughing blue eyes, rosy lips, always
ready to smile, light curly hair and plenty
of it, and a check warmed with sunshine
Such was Sibyl Brudenel Her lover, as
yet secret one, Tom Langstone, was also
an unbeliever i'll spirits But the house of
Mr.. Brudenel is filed with disciples of the
spiritualistic faith, including two mediums
of the old school-Mr. Emmanuel Chick
and Mrs. Lavina Medlork-all waiting for
the coming of new Prophet of Spitituaism
who is expected.
CHAPTERS III AND IV.-Herr Paulus
the famous Spituaist of he new school,
arrives at last and creates a marvel
lous impressi N upon AL present.
Instead of the bespectacltd German
philosopher kind Of individual expected a
smart dapper looking man in fdultless
evening dress appears Tom al once dubs
him and American dude but the others'are
awed by his language and the w0ndrous
evidencies he gives OF his knowledge of
the mystic faith.
CHAPTER V.-Herr Paulus, during the
evening at Lady Augustas. produces
some truly remarkable manifestations by
the aid as he says of his friends. Cicely
Laugston, blind girl, sees, as in n vision,
her long lost brother, supposed to have
been drowned at sea, and pictures are
shown which reveal answers to questions
asked by the company present. The seance
is conducted without the aid OF
traps" or ordinary spiritualistic tricks
and thrills the believers with "a thrilling
awe, hut the uonbelievers jeer at what
they term mesmerism.
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CHAPTER vII.-TnE SMOKING Room

CHAPTER VII.-THE SMOKING Room
In Tom Lang stons's study, or workshop,
the two young men, the Prophet of the
Ancient Way and the Student of the
Modern Way, sat on opposite sides of the
fire. No two young men, apart from their
professions could be more unlike in APP
pearance. The one ruddy, healthy, athlet-
! ic, tall Of stature, long of limb, and broad
OF shoulder, toughened and hardened by
a thousand athletic sports, cricket
matches, football matches, lawn tennis
matches, and boat races, brave and come
ly and tenacious; the other thin and
slight of figure, yet not fragile, as active
and as springy as young F!enchman, his
tread as alert rs a leopard, his eyes as
quick as Il hawks, his features as delicate
as those of any girl, his long nervous fin
gers never for moment i'll repose.
They both had cigarettes, Hermes,
Thrice Greatest, would himself take to-
bacco if he lived in these days, and so
would the two Bacons. Roger aud Fran
els. Before each stood "A glass of efferves-
cent water, Innocent of whi=key.
They sat in silence and looked at each
other furtively, for one was suspicious and
| the other was conscious of the suspicion,
and, besides was now for the first time
| In his life alone with young EGgliShman,
| "A creature he had never before encounter.
| ed Apart from natural irritation at
feeling himself the object of suspicion-a
thing which every Prophet has to face
| he was asking himself, whether with all
| the trouble he had taken to overcome GER
| tain authenticated manners and GUS
toms, he had really acquired the tone
which this young man possessed, of be.
longing naturally and by birth to polite
| society.
"You are thinking of me-" he said pre-,
sently.
"That is not difficult piece of thought
reading" T0m replied. IL was"
"You were wondering Who'll am"
"More than that. vas wondering how
you do it first; and why you do it, next. "
| and you mlStruSt me-"
"That also is not difficult to perceive
| mistrust every man who pretends to
supernatural powers, whether he calls
himself Medium or Mumbo Jumbo"
| "A ld YOU cannot clear your mind of the
suspicion that am come to plumber your
guardian, and that live by the exhibition
of certain-may | say-Powers-or shall |
say-Arts Y'
"WeD," asked Tom, ''let me ask the
question once for all, why the devil do
you 90 about the world Riasquerading
and pretending"
"Wh9t do ! pre- end -
"You assume name which does not be-
long to you. 1t is a G ernau ulme aud you
are an American"
The young man REDEEMED slightly.
There is always a weak point in every
mans armour, and he wished that his
nationality should not be discovered by
his speech.
II have not pretended to he German.
pretend to no country. Believe il or not
my name was imposed upon me by my
Friends. 1t Is not of course, the name Of
my birth. II were TO tell you my whole
history, you would regard meas agreater
huinbug than you do AT present"
"Why 81
because | should have to tell so mu IN
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(TO be COntinucd.)
OUR KALEIDOSCOPE

OOR
The other side of the questionable al
swer.
Many sherlffs are troubled by felons on
their hands.
One of our exchanges has imported a
Chinese joke 1T seems to us rather far
fetched.
First citizen s(breathlessly "Can you
tell me where the fire is ?"
Second citizen II think it is the school
house. There were lot of boys dancing
and cheering down on the corner"
Montana editor, to foreman "Hustle
up the boys, Tom We mast get out an
extra this afternoon. They say there's a
real woman from the East, visiting over
at Vhompson's Gulch"
Blobson: did you every meet Colby
the big drummer ?"
Popinjay: "Yes-met him on the cor
ner. That's why the bridge of my nose
isn't exactly straight"
When the sidewalks get slippery again
the new rubber hustle will be mighty pop
ular.
Just too suite for anything-sl000 for
the rent of Il fiat.
GONE Up HIRE.
Hark what explosive, horrid sound
The servant she Is where?
Ask of the stove, that far around
With fragments strews the square.
This world is not without its trials as
anyone familiar with our courts of justice
can testify.
Mi Powderly talks of devoting himself
TO literary pursuits. He is anxious to
know just how it feels to be very poor.
First countryman, in the city Where
are you going for dinner ~
Second countryman ITO the Gill
House. | saw one OF their bills de kitch
en-, and it says that dinner lasts from
'leven O'Clock till half past three"
There is a little town on the Canadian
Pacific called Rome. 1t was built in a
day, too.
The man who is trampled to death in a
crowd, doesn't die by inches but by feet.
An exchange says, There is lying in
the United States treasury the sum of
S34O, 200, OO0" Query ought not the word
Lying" to be set off by commas ,
"Pltzen Beer" is sign inside the win
dow of a Milwaukee saloon. A window
bar, fortunately, cuts off the st." and
keeps many from entering
Smith; "Hello, Gedney thought
you took the pledge 2"
Gedney; "Yesh, b. erasmus but Amt
(hic) s. mean 'sb keep little (hic) thing
like that"
What, to you," she asked, in dreamy
accents, sis the most beautiful thing
about the sunset ?'
He thought for some time, and then
replied: at reminds me of supper"
Worth repeating-a kiss-sometimes.
A little Burlington boy gave, as the def
milton of cupidity, love sickness"
Mahogany is fashionable in Cincinnati,
on account OF the second syllable.
The man who doesn't "even have time
to breathe" is generally the same man
who finds time to ornament his breath
with cloves as often as he goes home.
Dumpsey "Bgsby, who is the bright
est young man of Your acquaintance 2"
Bigsby: "De Smith, by all odds"
Dumpsy; DE Smith? think he is a
perfect dough head"
Bigsby; "You never happened to meet
him under an electric street lamp with
that Alaska diamond OF his on ~
Burlington husband; Are you aware,
my dear, that you make away with about
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The Weekly Free Press from
this date is reduced one half-it
is now only ONE DOLLAR a
year.
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HERR PAULUS,

HIS RISE, HIS GREATNESS AND HIS
FALL.
by Walter Besant, author of "All Sorts
ana Conditions of Men, etc. etc.
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PiGmieS of Africa.

Herodotus speaks of pigmies as a
race of little men and women living
in Africa. Since that day travellers
have brought back from that CONT
nent reports of such people being seen
or heard of in the interior. Of late 1T
has been the fashion to discredit He
rodotus, and all writer's who repeat or
corrobOrate his stories. As it happens,
however, German explorer, DR..
Wolff, proves that the early writer's
were correctly informed.
a south branch of the Congo, whole
villages of tiny men and women, OF 4
height not more than four feet and
seven inches. They are known as
Batua. Their villages, consisting OF
hnts, are met with in clearings in the
forests, which cover the greater part
of the country.
Among their neighbors the Batua
are regarded as little. benevolent be-
ings, whose mission it is to provide the
tribes among whom they live with
game and palm wine. In exchange.
maize and bananas are given to the pig
mics. These happy relations between
the little people and their neighbors
will remind the reader of the way IN
which the fairies and brownies used tc
be looked upon by our ancestors.
The Batua excel in the art of climb
ing palm trees to collect the sap. and
In setting traps for game. Their agll-
iIy is assaost incredible. In hunting
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A FacetiOuS Horse.

He was always delighted, too, when
he could tease or brighten any other
horse. Many time | have seen him,
after dancing and paving and going
sideways, or tail first, as he always did
at starting out, suddenly sober down,
sidle up to Mr.. Romayne's big horse,
Tampa, and walk along as quiet and
demure as a cat, until Mr.. Romayne
would say: ''Why, 10. you're really
setting that pony quiet" Quick us a
dash Toddie would seize Zampa's curb
rein between his teeth, give it fear
full jerk, jump off to the other side of
the road and stand there, shaking all
over like person that is splitting his
sides with laughter. Yon never could
ell what that pony mightn't do next.
American Magazine.
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An Electric Typewriter,

Type-writing by telegraph is one OF
the latest novelties in the electrical
world. An old Philadelphia telegraph
operator named Mclaughlin has IN
vented typewriter which transmits
writing by telegraph, and by means Of
a duplicate machine at the other END
of the wire and writing is transcribed
at one and the same time that the
sender is operating, the shifting of the
carriage of the typo-writers at the end
of a line being automatic.
The plan contemplated is to sell the
machines to subscribers, who, by the
system of central exchange, the tele-
phone, can call up another subscriber,
and. whether the person addressed be
AZ his machine or not, message can
be sent hial. which he can read at his
machine when he returns. No third
person can tap the wires or take a
message which is being sent.
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Where Titles Were Cheap.

1t is about an old Scotch minister
who was very poor and very pompOus.
He lived in the old days III Scotland,
when, on the payment of a small sum
of money, the college of ST. Andrews
would give man the degree OF LID.
Now the old dominic had servant, a
faithful man who had taken care of
his bed and his board, his garden and
his table for many a year. One day
he called upon Jamie to come with him
for a tramp to st. Andrews. And ia
mic dutifully followed his master to
the college and home again, having
been a witness to the small negotia-
tions of the two days absence. On
the morning following his return the
dominic called Jamie to him, and
said:
Listen, mon; if anybody comes
here in my absence and asks for the
minister you will say: The doctor has
gone to the kirk, or the doctor has
gone to the post, or the doctor is Wis
ting the sick of the parish.
Every weel, sir. said Jamie, IAN
may / make bold to ask you a favor,
sire
:. Yes, mon,' said the dominic, be-
nignly
:. 'Weei. sir, said Jamie, If anybody
comes to ask for me. sir, Will YOU
kindly say that the doctor is wcedin
the garden or the doctor is scrubbing
the stable or maxim the kit1:en fire?
Just thought, sir. ;ts the degree was
so cheap 1T -. Andrews. I'd be for
buyin' one for myself, too, sir Dos
ton Record
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A water company near San Mateo,
Cal, is constructing remarkable
dam at the San Mateo canyon III order
to form :: reservoir. The canyon is
very narrow and steep, and fifteen
feet below the bottom is a solid rock,
on which the foundation of the dam
will rest. The structure viii be 10
feet high, ITS feet wide at the base, 80
feet at the top, and 700 feet in length
1t viii be the largest stone dam ever
known 10 have been built. Ihe duke
viii have a curvature of eighty feet,
aud the convex side will be upstream.
The material will be new sort OF
concrete composed Of stone. The
walls VIII be perfectly smooth. The
reservoir that will be formed by it
and the adjacent hills will be about
eignt miles in length and 80 feet deep
in the deepest places. It's capacity
will be about $4,000, 100000 gallons.
The water Will be conveyed by tunnels
tc the city of San Francisco.